IBM Security Verify Governance information disclosure

published 2023-10-23 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-37987

cvss: 4.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Verify Governance 10.0 does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. IBM X-Force ID: 256020.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7057377 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-11)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Verify Governance

Classification

Weakness

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7057377
vendor-advisory, patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/256020
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-33837
NVD CVE-2023-33837

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary